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Dec 30th, 2020 |
By The Editor
It is now just two days before there are new travel rules for British residents going to EU countries.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Brexit, Common Travel Area, EHIC, EU, GHIC, Ireland, travel insurance
Oct 1st, 2020 |
By The Editor
But from now on it has become doubly important that you check your policies to make sure that you are covered for at least the following which all related to the coronavirus;
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: coronavirus, travel insurance, travel insurance coronavirus cover
Aug 8th, 2020 |
By The Editor
In the future there could be more destination backed travel insurance schemes.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Will there be a change in travel insurance?
Tags: Canaries, Emirates, Jet 2.com, Jet2 Holidays, Portugal, Saga Holidays, travel insurance
May 23rd, 2020 |
By The Editor
What insurance companies will have to do in the future is to convince us that their policies are worth the cost and aren’t just a list of wriggle-free clauses.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Travel insurance clauses
Tags: coronavirus, travel insurance
Mar 17th, 2020 |
By The Editor
What this means is that if you do travel, your insurance policy will almost certainly be invalid and you will not be able to claim on it.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: coronavirus, Foreign & Commonwealth Office Travel Advice, travel advisories, travel insurance
Feb 16th, 2020 |
By The Editor
What redress is there for those whose holidays have been affected by the weather?
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Half-term woes
Tags: Flight Cancellations, Storm Dennis, travel insurance
Oct 13th, 2019 |
By The Editor
So far I have contacted fourteen different insurance companies and only one was below £150 with one being over £300!
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Better 66 than 65
Tags: age-discrimination, travel insurance
Sep 25th, 2019 |
By The Editor
For some readers they will have already heard and read as much about the demise of Thomas Cook as they would want to know. Those had better look away know then although I would prefer they remain because this story is not really about Thomas Cook but about what we should all be reminded about. The first, surely, is the need to have travel insurance. But, according to some, only about a quarter of travel insurance policies have clauses in them whereby you are paid
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Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: EU role in travel, Package Travel Directive, Thomas Cook, travel insurance
Aug 18th, 2019 |
By The Editor
What OYO will provide is insurance which will cover baggage loss, medical expenses and accidental death.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Free insurance at properties in India
Tags: free insurance, OYO, travel insurance
Jul 10th, 2019 |
By The Editor
If passengers are being fleeced then we should be warned and the FCA should remove the licences of those offending insurance companies.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Check your travel insurance
Tags: Financial Conduct Authority, holiday medical cover, travel insurance
Jul 1st, 2019 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Barbados, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Calgary, Canada, Caribbean, Cruise, Finland, Gatwick, Germany, Helsinki, Pussycat Dolls, Starbucks, Stoke, Toronto, travel insurance
Jun 15th, 2019 |
By The Editor
As for reading the small print, who really wades through all of that dry text?
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: travel insurance, Which? Travel
Jun 7th, 2019 |
By The Editor
NASA has announced that it will allow tourists to fly to the International Space Station. Great news except for the ordinary package holiday taker, there is a lot of admin to do before you fly!
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: ATOL bonding, EU261, International Space Station, NASA, travel insurance
Jan 3rd, 2019 |
By The Editor
Deal with a company that is bonded so that you don’t lose it if a problem concerns. Buy your trip on a credit card (not a debit card or with cash) so that you have redress in case of an issue and perhaps, most importantly, take out travel insurance.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Time to book that holiday?
Tags: ABTA, ATOL, travel insurance
Aug 4th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
With very hot temperatures in southern Europe holidaymakers are warned to make sure they wear protective creams and clothing if they venture out in the heat of the day and take plenty of water with them.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 4th of August 2018
Tags: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Chiribiquete National Park, Colombia, Dubai, Eat Leeds Restaurant Week, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh International Festival, Maldives, Mexico, National Eisteddfod, Peru, Sami people, Tehuacan - Cuicatlan Valley, travel insurance, Uzbekistan
Apr 7th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
As well as wondering why fewer of us are going to the Spanish region of Andalucia, Adrian considers restrictions in the Galapagos and Edinburgh and whether his mobile phone is covered by his travel insurance policy.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 7th April 2018
Tags: Albania, Andalucia, Beijing, Blackpool, British passport printing, Broadway, City of Derry Airport, De La Rue, Ecuador, Edinburgh, Galapagos Islands, Gemalto, Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, Hainan Airlines, Sante Fe Islands, spain, Thai Airways, toll roads, travel insurance
Feb 3rd, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Ziplining in Ras Al Khaimah, passport price increases and learing that we are creatue of habit when travelling took Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 3rd February 2018
Tags: Alice Hawkins, British Airways, Chicago, Chile, Customer Satisfaction Index, Dreamland, GEEK, Greece, Jamaica, Leicester, Margate, passport price rise, Primera Air, Ras al Khaimah, travel insurance, Turner Contemporary, USA
Jan 31st, 2018 |
By The Editor
A bit more clarity on behalf of travel insurers would help and reduce the number of claims being made.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Monitoring travel insurance
Tags: Financial Ombudsmans, travel insurance
Jul 29th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
With the summer holidays underway, Adian looks at where we are going, some of the problems and ends with Jet 2, the only travel company in the top 50 for customer satisfaction according to the ICS.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: July 29th 2017
Tags: ABTA, Barra, Blackpool, booking patterns, Dundee Airport, easyjet, Formentera, Ibiza, Institute of Customer Service, Inverness Airport, Islay, Jet 2, Jetlag, Mallorca, Menorca, Pavilion Theatre- Blackpool, Ryanair, Seattle, spain, Tenby, Thomas Cook Airlines, travel insurance, Turkey, Wick Airport
Nov 14th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Start planning that trip of a lifetime…
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Tomorrow, the world
Tags: Accommodation, America, backpack, Canada, Flights, Flying, Gap year, Ghandi, hostel, hotel, India, language, Laos, Lhasa, Mexico, passport, rickshaw, Russia, Travel, travel insurance, UAE, Vietnam, Visa
Aug 4th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Does it not seem preposterous that policyholders should be expected to read a small book in order to understand what they are covered for in their travel insurance and what they aren’t?
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Understanding travel insurance
Tags: Lowcost Travel Group, SunLife, travel insurance
Jun 22nd, 2016 |
By The Editor
From Allianz Global Assistance UK, comes news that one in three claims did not include the right documentation when first filed.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Allianz Global Assistance UK, Claiming on travel insurance policies, Paul Doran, travel insurance
Jun 18th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
The Mary Rose, airport queues, integrated travel tickets and oil wresting in Turkey are some of the items that caught Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 18th of June 2016
Tags: Bluebell Railway, Kirkpinar, Kynren, Luton Airport, Mary Rose, oil wrestling, Ryanair, SPEEDVEGAS, travel insurance, West Somerset Railway
Jun 4th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
For those who have holidayed in France and Germany in particular this half term you may be aware that flooding that has taken place. For those travelling there this coming week be aware that five major museums in Paris – the Louvre, Musée des Egouts de Paris, Grand Palais, Palais de la Découverte and the Musee d’Orsay are closed due to the need to protect their exhibits. It is unlikely that they will open before the middle of next week. There are also no tour boats
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Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 4th of June 2016
Tags: bmi regional, Brussels Airport, Cervantes, Delta, Eureka - National Children’s Museum in Halifax, Jet 2, Louvre, Musée des Egouts de Paris, Musee d’Orsay, Nanchang, Palais de la Découverte, Paris, Ryanair, Slovenia, St Albans, Toledo, travel insurance, Wanda City
Jun 2nd, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: June 2015
Tags: Alsace, Big Apple, Britain, Burgundy, business class, foodies, France, holidays, Michelin starred, New York, passengers, Postcards, Skype, Spanish, Tenerife, Travel, travel insurance
Aug 16th, 2013 |
By The Editor
Today is World Mosquito Day. They can be annoying as they are in the UK; they can be killing vehicles. Most of us will not catch malaria when we holiday but we should be aware of where to find simple, easily understood advice.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Stay healthy but if there’s an issue…
Tags: becoming ill on holiday, consular access abroad, Fit for Travel, Foreign Office, travel insurance
Mar 30th, 2013 |
By The Editor
Britons could save £195 million a year by buying annual travel insurance
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Brits waste £195m on single trip policies
Tags: holiday, travel insurance, UK
Sep 10th, 2012 |
By The Editor
The average cost of backpacker medical claims has increased from £370 to £750 in last two years
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Gap year medical claims have doubled in two years
Tags: Europe, European Health Insurance Card, FCO, travel insurance